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New Malden Tesco car park site development
Posted by Merton Lib Dems | Updated 2020-01-01
Comments submitted by councillors Eloise Bailey, Hina Bokhari and Carl Quilliam:
Re: planning application 19/P2387
Tesco Site, 265 Burlington Road New Malden Surrey KT3 4NE
19/P2387 DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND ERECTION OF TWO BLOCKS OF DEVELOPMENT RANGING IN HEIGHT BETWEEN SEVEN AND 15 STOREYS AND COMPRISING 456 NEW HOMES, OF WHICH 114 WILL BE ONE BEDS, 290 WILL BE TWO BEDS AND 52 WILL BE THREE BEDS. 499SQM OF B1(A) OFFICE SPACE WILL BE ACCOMMODATED AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL ALONG WITH 220 CAR PARKING SPACES, 830 CYCLE PARKING SPACES, A REALIGNED JUNCTION ONTO BURLINGTON ROAD, HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING AND ASSOCIATED RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES. THE APPLICATION ALSO INCLUDES MINOR CHANGES TO THE LAYOUT AND CONFIGURATION OF THE RETAINED TESCO CAR PARK
We are writing as councillors for West Barnes Ward in connection with the above Planning Application. In addition, we would like to express an interest in speaking at the PAC on this application.
A number of concerns have been raised about the application that we feel should be addressed before any approval is given: the height of the proposed blocks, the affordable housing element, parking, transport and road access, flooding concerns, and the use of any section 106 agreement or CIL contribution.
Who can I vote for in Wimbledon?
Posted by Hugo Forshaw | Updated 2019-12-02
Local Lib Dem Paul Kohler is running to be the next MP for Wimbledon.
This election is Wimbledon's chance to stop Brexit and address the real issues facing our country.
Paul Kohler saved Wimbledon Police Station when others said it was impossible. Now he wants to stop Brexit, and tackle the issues that caused it.
Recent polling by Deltapoll and featured in the Observer shows that Wimbledon is a two horse race between the Conservative candidate and local Lib Dem Paul Kohler. Labour are way back in third place and cannot win here.
There is only one candidate in Wimbledon who will commit to stopping Brexit and backing Remain in all circumstances.
The Green Party has chosen to step aside in Wimbledon as part of an agreement in which Paul Kohler was designated by the cross-party Unite to Remain group as the remain champion in Wimbledon.
The former Green Party candidate for Wimbledon, Sonja Timpson, has endorsed Paul's campaign:
With Wimbledon set to be a key battleground at this election a number of tactical voting groups are recommending a vote for Paul Kohler and the Lib Dems as the best chance of beating the Conservatives and ensuring that Wimbledon has a Remain MP.
Among the groups recommending a vote for Paul are:
People's Vote
Wimbledon is currently a two horse race between Boris Johnson's Conservatives and local Lib Dem Paul Kohler. Only Paul can beat the Conservatives here and ensure that Wimbledon has an MP who will stop Brexit.
Want to help Paul Kohler win in Wimbledon on 12 December? Join his campaign today.
Former Labour councillor in Wimbledon defects to the Lib Dems
The former Labour Councillor for Cannon Hill, Mark Kenny, has announced that he has defected to the Lib Dems and endorsed Paul Kohler's campaign to be the next MP for Wimbledon.
Mr Kenny resigned as a Labour councillor in May this year. In the by-election held to choose his successor the Lib Dems won an historic victory, with local champion Jenifer Gould overtaking both the Conservatives and Labour to win.
Mr Kenny cited the Lib Dems' unequivocally anti-Brexit stance and Paul Kohler's reputation as a hard-working and effective local champion as key factors in his decision.
"Having seen Paul at work as a Merton councillor I know he will be a fine MP for Wimbledon working for the benefit of us all", said Mark Kenny. "His spearheading of the successful campaign to keep Wimbledon police station open displayed many of his qualities: his hard work and attention to detail, his persistence and his determination not to give up.
"I have the utmost respect for him as a person of honesty and integrity and fully endorse his campaign to become our Liberal Democrat MP."
"I know it isn't easy to turn your back on your old party, but at this election we are seeing huge numbers of former Labour and Conservative voters coming over to the Lib Dems - not just because we are the only Remain party standing in Wimbledon, but because we are putting forward real solutions to Britain's most pressing problems", said Lib Dem candidate Paul Kohler. "I want to thank Mark for his brave decision and his generous endorsement.
"Recent polling shows that the Liberal Democrats are the only party that can beat Boris Johnson's Conservatives here in Wimbledon - Labour are simply too far behind.
"This election is our chance to stop Brexit and tackle the real issues facing our country, such as the climate emergency. I hope more people will follow Mark's example and back me so that Wimbledon can have the strong pro-EU, anti-Brexit voice in Parliament it deserves."
Mark Kenny's endorsement comes on the back of Paul Kohler's selection by cross-party anti-Brexit campaigning group Unite to Remain as the official 'Remain Alliance' candidate in Wimbledon. As part of the agreement the local Green Party stood aside in Wimbledon, while the former Green Party candidate Sonja Timpson has given her backing to Mr Kohler.
"I am stepping aside as Green Party parliamentary candidate in Wimbledon as I would like to be able to give voters a clear choice between a Remain candidate and candidates whose parties are either pro-Brexit or unclear in their position", said Sonja Timpson.
"I will be voting for Paul Kohler because of our parties' shared commitment to Europe and to voting reform, and also because I feel that this is our best chance of squashing any potential Tory majority."
It's neck and neck in Wimbledon: constituency-specific poll shows
The first specific poll of voters in Wimbledon shows a two horse race here, with the Conservatives holding the slimmest of leads over local Lib Dem, Paul Kohler.
It shows that 38% of Wimbledon residents said they would vote Conservative, with 36% currently intending to vote Lib Dem. The Labour Party are trailing in third place.
The poll was conducted by Deltapoll and paid for by non-party aligned individuals to provide objective data for the constituency.
"This poll reflects everything we've been hearing on the doorstep", said Lib Dem candidate Paul Kohler. "Former Labour and Conservative voters are coming over to the Lib Dems in droves - not just because we're the largest anti Brexit party, but because we are putting forward real solutions to Britain's' most pressing problems.
"This election is our chance to stop Brexit and tackle the real issues facing our country, such as the climate emergency. Wimbledon deserves an MP who will stand up for the rights of EU citizens and fight for Britain's place in the EU.
Merton Lib Dems welcome Unite to Remain agreement!
Posted by Tamara Kohler | Updated 2019-11-10
Local Lib Dems have welcomed the decision of the Green Party to stand aside at this election.
The cross-party anti-Brexit campaigning group Unite to Remain, will endorse the Lib Dem candidate Paul Kohler as the champion for anti-Brexit voters in Wimbledon. As part of the agreement the Green Party will not field its own candidate.
The announcement spells trouble for Wimbledon's incumbent Conservative MP Stephen Hammond. Recent projections by the Best for Britain group predict a tight race in Wimbledon between the Liberal Democrats, who are pledging to 'Stop Brexit', and the pro-Brexit Conservatives.
Speaking following the announcement, Cllr Paul Kohler said:
"This election is our chance to stop Brexit and address the real issues facing our country, such as the climate emergency.
"Wimbledon's current MP voted for Boris Johnson's hard Brexit deal and has repeatedly refused to give his constituents, who are overwhelmingly opposed to Brexit, an opportunity to have the final say.
"As the official Remain Alliance candidate in Wimbledon I am best placed to beat him and ensure Wimbledon has a Remainer MP that it deserves.
"I am grateful to the Merton Greens for standing aside in this election", Cllr Kohler added. "We share a determination to end the catastrophe of Brexit and a strong commitment to protecting our precious planet from the damage being done by climate change, and with the support of local people I can win Wimbledon and stop Brexit."
Sonja Timpson, the Green Party's former candidate for Wimbledon, said:
"I am stepping aside as Green Party parliamentary candidate in Wimbledon as I would like to be able to give voters a clear choice between a Remain candidate and candidates whose parties are either pro-Brexit or unclear in their position.
"Merton Green Party is a growing force and we have worked hard over recent years to promote affordable housing, to highlight the problems with outsourcing and to tackle the ongoing litter problem in the borough. Our members are active in a number of local environmental groups and we played a key role in persuading the council to pass a cross-party motion to declare a Climate Emergency. We trust that Paul Kohler will look at prioritising some of these issues as Wimbledon's Member of Parliament."
We must not have 27 days of rail strikes!
Liberal Democrat candidates Sarah Olney, Munira Wilson, Ed Davey and Paul Kohler are writing to the South Western Railway and the RMT rail union to demand that they stop the planned strikes immediately.
Members of the RMT will walk out for 27 days throughout December, causing chaos to commuters, to businesses and to people travelling for Christmas.
Wimbledon's MP urged to stand up to Prime Minister over EU nationals' right to stay
Following reports that more than half of the 25,000 EU nationals living in Merton have not yet been given settled status - while around a third nationally have had their applications rejected - the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Wimbledon, Cllr Paul Kohler, slammed the government for refusing to guarantee every EU citizen's right to stay in the UK after Brexit.
"I am extremely concerned for the thousands of EU citizens here in Merton who are facing uncertainty over their futures, and I fully support Merton Council's efforts in urging all EU nationals to apply for settled status as soon as possible.
"However, there is no point ignoring the real issue here: this Conservative Government is actively making it as difficult as possible for EU citizens who have made their homes here to stay.
"This is a callous act from an immoral government, and one which runs totally contrary to Britain's liberal values of openness to all.
"As it stands thousands of people here in Merton - some of whom have lived in the borough for decades, raised families here and made significant contributions to their local communities - could find themselves at risk of being told to leave the UK as a direct result of this government's actions.
"I call on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to do the decent thing and immediately guarantee every single EU citizen's right to remain in the UK."
Lib Dem motion to cut idling passes
A meeting of Merton council last month passed a Merton Liberal Democrat motion to cut engine idling to promote cleaner air.
The Liberal Democrat motion, which was passed unanimously, aims to improve air quality in the borough by introducing `No Idling' zones, particularly near schools.
Speaking after the meeting, Liberal Democrat Cllr Paul Kohler, said:
"Cutting air pollution is a public health issue, as well as an environmental one. Evidence shows that air pollution has links to various health conditions, and shorter life expectancy. That's why we must improve air quality in the borough, particularly round local schools.
"I'm delighted that our motion passed with cross-party support, and I look forward to Merton Council taking real action against idling to improve air quality."
Parking charges proposals knocked back
A cross-party committee of councillors has blocked Labour's plans to hike parking charges by up to 130% due to the Council's failure to follow proper equalities procedures.
Wednesday evening's special meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission was arranged after the Lib Dem and the Conservative groups each submitted separate motions to 'call in' the Council's proposals to raise the costs of parking permits in Wimbledon and Raynes Park.
During the crunch meeting Cllr Anthony Fairclough, proposer of the Lib Dem call-in, challenged the plan for its failure to follow the Council's set equality assessment process. The Council's analysis of the plan identified potential disproportionate impacts on people with disabilities, pregnant women and women who've just given birth, as well as some people on low incomes.
In his submission, Cllr Fairclough showed that the Council had failed to consult people from the relevant groups appropriately over ways to minimise any negative impacts - contrary to the Council's published process. He also challenged the Council over the total lack of evidence to support claims that the charges would lead to a reduction in car ownership, and thereby improve air quality:
"When considering groups protected by our equality laws, the relevant principle is 'no decision about us, without us'.
"That clearly did not happen here. I am pleased that councillors from all parties on the Commission were able to hold the Council to account for failing to follow its equality process."
The Commission voted to refer the proposal back to the Council cabinet to carry out a proper equality assessment. The Liberal Democrat call-in can be seen on Youtube here.
Merton Council Ward Boundary Consultation Response
Posted by Luke Taylor | Updated 2019-08-12
The Merton Liberal Democrats have assembled a response to Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGCBE)'s 2019 review of the ward boundaries of Merton. We conducted a survey of our members, supporters and local residents, to seek your help in determining the local communities with which people identify and gather views on how the current boundaries might be improved.
Having analysed the results of this survey, we used these insights, alongside our own experience having lived, worked, and in several cases represented these wards, to formulate a complete scheme for the wards of the borough guided by the legally mandated criteria for ward boundaries which the commission is obliged to follow. You can see our submission in the document linked below.
Download the Merton Liberal Democrat response here


Singapore, Dec 6 (IANS) Indian Aces defeated UAE Royals 26-19 in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) to stand atop the standings with 10 points here on Tuesday.
It was IPTL's third win in the tournament. They began positively with Kirsten Flipkens beating former World No.1 Serbian Ana Ivanovic to win the women's singles as the Belgian woman was unstoppable in strokeplay.
The mixed doubles tie was a battle between two former partners as Aces fielded Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna while Martina Hingis and Pablo Cuevas featured for the Royals. The Indian duo emerged victorious.
Mark Philippoussis won the tie against Thomas Johansson in the legends tie.
Tomas Berdych lifted the Royals' spirits up with a win over Feliciano Lopez in the men's singles tie.
In the second match of the day, Singapore Slammers had the best possible debut in front of their home crowd with a 29-16 win over Japan Warriors.
Kiki Bertens gave the Slammers a solid start with a comfortable win over former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic in the women's singles. Bertens was all firepower and converted three break points.
Rainer Schuettler was made to work but prevailed over Fernando Gonzalez in the legends tie.
Bertens completed her perfect day with a win alongside Marcelo Melo, topping Jelena Jankovic and Jean-Julien Rojer in the mixed doubles tie.
The men's doubles match was a tight affair with Rojer and Fernando Verdasco winning for Warriors against Marcos Baghdatis and Marcelo Melo.
Slammers claimed the contest when Nick Kyrgios thumped Fernando Verdasco in the men's singles tie.


For some of the newer traders reading this, this may very well be the first time you've experienced moderate volatility.
As you can see, volatility after 2009 (well o8 technically, aka Q.E.) has been pretty tightly based around $10.00.
So yes, quite moderate. Yet, while we've broken some of the 2000 levels… (think tech bubble)…this time it's different.
Yeah. most people say that it's never different…boom-bust…boom-bust…and continued. My fundamental response is, yes, that's how markets work. Boom-bust. But allow me to introduce a quick clip from a great movie (Margin Call) to speak for me and you in that respect.
The chairman's speech is dead-on.
I remember needing to place orders over the phone to someone down a particular pit. I still do it but very rarely. The advances in technology and algorithmic trading have been moving at rates people don't even realize. That's partially why this time it's different.
Devil's Advocate: Yeah but Black Monday (October 19th, 1987), the vicious start to the crash of '87 has been blamed on programatic trading as well.
True. I'm glad you knew that. But this time, there's brokers out there who charge NO commissions. We've got central banks around the world doing Q.E. programs never even dreamt of in 1987. Add in more retail money and expanding margin debt amongst these new retail traders. If you can't see why this time is different from that, well, then…that would warrant another post all about that.
And this has been an off-topic rant since I pulled that $VIX chart from earlier.
Well, not totally off-topic. The point of the side rant there was to let you know that if you've been burned over the past two weeks…you need to learn more about what you're doing before you throw your hard-earned money into a furnace.
My first rule of trading is simple: don't trade any amount of money you can't put in front of your face and literally burn without it impacting your day to day well-being. If you do, you're risking the comfort of your life and keeping the lights on with the dreams of hitting it big on some options trade and then living largely from there.
My second rule is always hedge.
If you've only been trading a while, and perhaps are one of the folks who saw some heavy losses these past two weeks…please write those rules down somewhere and repeat them to yourself every day.
I've got more rules, that's for another post as well.
Back to what most of you are here for…Unusual Options Activity.
Lots of opening $FB shorter-term Puts and Longer Term Calls. This would imply more downside that will eventually resolve itself.
In-terms of Volume vs Open Interest, not a ton of volume today in the ETFs. Options on equity wise, leaders were$BAC $DAL $TROX $DRI $WYNN $P $RIG $CHRW $GIS $DB $ADP $MSFT $RGS $ULTA $HPE . You can catch this list from barchart.com or my StockTwits page.
Last words: Watch for volatility to spike as we close in on China's supposed signing of tariffs at 12:30 PM EST. I want to say they go as dovish as Trump did but I have no idea.
As always; good luck and trade safe.
P.S. – Today in history Alcatraz was closed in 1963. Hence the featured image…reposted below as well.


Point Chevalier School currently has one walking school bus – the Chevy Shufflers. See the school office for information about the bus, route map and enrolment.
There are a number of activities offered to students before and after school at Point Chevalier School provided by outside agencies. There is a cost involved in participating in these programmes.
What: Learn to play a musical instrument.
What: Develop confidence, self-esteem and speaking skills for 6–10 year olds .
What: Introduction to 7 sports for new entrants to year 3 students. Life skills through sports skills.
We are delighted to offer both before and after school care onsite!


The new legislation will double the amount of leverage BDCs can use.
Legislation that would let business development companies increase their allowable leverage has been included in the $1.3 trillion US government-spending bill signed into law by President Donald Trump.
Existing statutes let BDCs borrow at a limit of a 1:1 debt-to-equity ratio. The new provision increases that ratio to 2:1. Both the House of Representatives and Senate had passed similar legislation before, though they were part of different legislative packages.
Ratings agency Fitch Ratings said on Monday that the change will not involve sector-wide alterations to an individual manager's credit ratings, but any move by a BDC to up its leverage would be viewed as "negative for its ratings". The firm's portfolio would also be taken into account, with more exposure to senior investments viewed more favorably.
BDCs are governed by the 1940 Investment Company Act, which was amended in 1980 to allow for the creation of the vehicles. The Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA), which advocated for the legislation, has said the previous statutes were out of date and needed streamlining.
The SBIA maintains the law change creates a modern framework of regulation for BDCs that it said is consistent with other operating companies. It will simplify offering processes and update proxy rules, in addition to the increased leverage available to BDCs.
The law was agreed last week by Trump and senior members of Congress following negotiations over military spending, healthcare funding and the president's promised border wall project. Failure to pass the bill and get Trump's signature would have resulted in a fresh federal government shutdown.


The savings trend is swiftly changing. Lots of people prefer saving billions of cash in stocks and shares ISAs (Individual Savings Accounts) as opposed to saving in cash. This is because of the resilient performance of the equities market but also the lost confidence in savings due to poor interest rates. The recently enlarged New ISA tax-free allowance of £15,000 has inspired many to risk in stocks and share with hope of earning better returns. This has increased total investment in stocks and share ISAs to stand at £18.4 billion, a 12 % increase as at April 5, 2014 compared to the previous year. On the other hand, cash ISA saving has dropped by 10%, an equivalent of £1.2 million in the same period.
It is simple to abandon your cash ISA and invest in stocks. Interestingly, savers of stocks in Britain's biggest companies clinched about 65% return on their investment as revealed by the benchmark FTSE 100 index in the last five years. However, if you had invested in the top performing cash ISA, you could just end up with peanuts in your pocket of about 1.5% return in your pocket. This could put you in the worst kind of situation of 0.1 percent below the inflation rate that stood at 1.6 percent in the period.
The rise in cash ISA rates usually happen at a snail's pace and consequently putting you below the inflation rate over the decades. Alternatively, you can secure your money in a fixed rate saving bond, say Barclays with 2.02% yields for 2 years or Virgin Money with 2.8% yields for three years.
If you are ready to risk losing money in the short term so as to get potentially better results, the best option is to invest in long-term stock and earn over 65% returns on your investment.


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Rider Highlight: Whitney Allison finishes 7th at US Pro Nationals Time Trial
Whitney Allison of Hagens Berman Supermint Women's Professional Team recently competed at the US Pro Nationals Time Trial in Knoxville, TN, where she sat in the hot seat all day, ultimately finishing 7th. Photos courtesy of SnowyMountain Photography. How'd the race go down for you? The course was new this year- I had a good idea…
Rider Highlight: Whitney Allison takes the Most Courageous Rider Jersey at AMGEN Tour of California Stage 1
Whitney Allison of Hagens Berman Supermint Women's Professional Team recently competed at the AMGEN Tour of California Women's Race. The three day Women's World Tour stage race kicked off with a 77-mile pancake-flat loop around Elk Grove, California, where she took the Most Courageous Jersey. How'd the race go down for you? The AMGEN Tour…
Rider Highlight: Casey Cohenmeyer tackles the Italian Sausage Ride
SE Athlete Casey Cohenmeyer recently tackled the Italian Sausage Ride. While not an official event or race it is a gathering of riders possessing questionable judgement: 127 miles, 12k feet, 62 miles off road. Here's Casey's Recap of the epic self-supported day: So what are you doing this weekend? ISR…. it's kinda like Belgian…
Rider Highlight: Esther Thais takes the win at Grunnlovsdagen Kriterium Cat 3 Womens Race
Esther Thais recently took the win at Grunnlovsdagen Kriterium Cat 3 womens race. The course was a 1.07 mile L-Shaped loop that was flat with good blacktop/concrete surface. Three of the five curves were smooth, fast curves with the other two corners were hard right turns. How'd the race go down for you? This was…
Rider Highlight: Emily Rodger wins the TT & Road Race at the New Brunswick Provincial Championships
Emily Rodger recently competed at the Tour de Dog -New Brunswick Provincial Championships and took the win at the 7.5km TT and the 75km RR. Nice, Emily! How'd the race go down for you? I won both the TT and the RR. During the RR, I attacked at the top of a descent with 28kms…
Source Endurance Training Center of the Rockies hosted their second annual Spring Training Camp in Fort Collins, Colorado this past weekend. The "A" Group saw 4 days and 18 hours of riding, 355 miles and over 20,000 feet of climbing. The "B" and women's groups were not a whole lot less!! When you get a group…
Top 5 Mistakes of the Self-Coached Athlete
Every so often at Source Endurance we get individualized consults done for the self-coached athletes or we get athletes signed on that have been self-coached and we get to see what they were up to before they signed on for coaching. There's a few patterns that we see with self coached athletes along with patterns…
A journey to Top 10 GC at Cascade Classic
The week before Cascade Cycling Classic, I was talking to a teammate about the race and how hard it is- the climbs, the courses, the heat. I've done the race a few times through the years and it's always ended with me climbing alone. However, I have been riding really great this year and felt…
Transitioning roles on a professional team
Hi it's Whitney Allison again. I recently wrote about my experience racing some of the Spring Classics for the first time with Colavita-Bianchi. The 2017 season ended up being my best year yet and I ended up having some real GC opportunities this year. While I never quite made the podium, I made huge leaps…
My first Spring Classics
Whitney Allison here. I've raced for Colavita-Bianchi Women's Pro Cycling Team since 2013 and have worked with Source Endurance coach Adam Mills since late 2012. This season, my team was fortunate to have the opportunity to do a big spring block in Europe this year. Here's a little on my experience and my takeaways from…
Athlete Highlight: Casey Cohenmeyer takes the BWR Hardwoman Award
SE athlete Casey Cohenmeyer completed the 2017 Cervelo Belgian Waffle Ride despite suffering a separated shoulder just over a month before. This 132 mile (41 miles of dirt), 12k feet of climbing race is already a beast on it's own. Casey showed a lot of grit and determination to stay focused on the prize and…
New Service: Group Coaching
Source Endurance recently added Group Coaching to it's range of services as a way to better serve cyclists in different places and with different goals. Why might one choose group coaching? Group coaching is a great introduction to coaching with custom workouts for a group and discounted rates. While you won't be able to get…
Male to Female, What's the power difference on the bike?
We all know there are some wicked fast women bike racers. Watching the women's races it can sometimes seem more explosive and aggressive than the men's race. Similarly, as a cat 2-5, good luck holding to that Pro Women's wheel when she really gets going. What is the real difference between men and women on the bike? If…

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A few months ago, we looked at the work of material scientists who had managed to make a block of linden wood see-through. Altering the molecular makeup to turn timber transparent is an impressive bit of science to be sure, but what kind of benefits could this new material offer over its comparably opaque counterpart? The same scientists are now finding some conclusive answers to this question, using their transparent wood as a window for a model home and finding that not only does it let in a similar amount of light to glass, but it is much better at keeping the interior cool.
The research team, from the University of Maryland (UMD), create their transparent wood by bleaching it in a beaker to remove a molecule called lignin. This is the molecule that makes wood brown, but critically, also gives it its rigidity, so removing it is kind of like robbing Peter to build a see-through wall.
One research team from Sweden was able to find a way around this problem earlier in the year, removing lignin from wood and then mixing the material with acrylic glass to restore its rigidity. But the Maryland researchers took a different route, instead filling in the gaps with epoxy. Their early testing indicated that the resulting material was actually four to six times stronger than the original untreated version.
But the wood exhibited some other interesting properties too, particularly when it came to light. When the wood is treated in this way, the channels within that carry water and nutrients up and down the tree are turned into passages for light. The team reported that the material had high transparency and also high haze, a property that pertains to its ability to scatter light.
Further down the track, these characteristics could be valuable in creating advanced solar panels, with the light entering through the transparent wood and then being held in as a result of the high haze factor, allowing the panel to soak up more solar energy. But the team's latest research suggests that it could find some uses around the home, too.
The researchers constructed a rectangular model home, measuring 13.5 by 7.5 cm (5.3 x 2.95 in) and 25 cm tall (9.84 in). The ceiling consisted of the transparent wooden panel to serve as a window. The team then applied a solar simulator, which offers the same spectrum and intensity of the sun, to the top of the home to measure how the transparent wood performs as a window material.
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Further adding to the material's credentials is the fact that it is waterpoof, a result of its polymer content, and much less likely to break or shatter than glass. Li tells us there is no reason the approach couldn't be scaled up to create a proper-sized window, as long as the new-age glazier has a big enough container to treat the material.
"The scalability of making the transparent wood window is only limited by how large the beaker is," she explains. "If someone were to make a real wood window, they just need to get a large enough container for the process. The chemicals to remove lignin and the polymer for filling are just the same."
The research was published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials.


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In the category of NOT shocking; Catastrophic Brain Injuries Rising in Football
April 18, 2012 April 18, 2012 Dustin Fink15 Comments
digtriad.com posted a story written by WFMY News 2 about the recent report from the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (NCCSIR);
Monday, researchers at UNC Chapel Hill said catastrophic brain injuries associated with full-contact football appear to be rising, especially among high school students.
They call the increase alarming and said it indicates that more coaches and athletic trainers should change how they teach the fundamental skills of the game.
Until recently, the number of football-related brain injuries with permanent disability in high school had remained in the single digits since 1984.
However, in 2008 and 2009 10 injuries were recorded and in 2011 there were 13 injuries recorded. That's according to the latest catastrophic football injury research annual report from the UNC-based National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research.
To me it is a double-edged resource; on one hand it is good the "good ol' boys" of the research world (aka those most listened to) have presented this material. On the other hand we have published information about this research BEFORE its release recently with the tremendous work of/by Matt Chaney.
The full report from the NCCSIR can be found here, it chronicles the catastrophic injuries from 1977 – 2011.
However with the recent and VERY accurate listings from Chaney there seems to be a difference, which Chaney so eloquently put it in an email to me; Continue reading →
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Chaney's 2011 Findings
Matt Chaney is a writer, editor, teacher and restaurant worker living in Missouri, USA. His 2001 graduate thesis study for an MA degree at the University of Central Missouri was qualitative media analysis of 466 football reports, historical print coverage of anabolic steroids and HGH in American football, largely based on electronic search among thousands of news texts from the 1970s through 1999. For more information, including contact numbers and his 2009 book, Spiral of Denial: Muscle Doping in American Football, visit the homepage at www.fourwallspublishing.com.
Matt Chaney has taken it upon himself to find information about catastrophic injuries associated with American football. Chaney is a former college football player that has become concerned with the relative "under-reporting" of catastrophic injuries in football. This official task has primarily been up to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research, University of North Carolina. The NCCSIR provides the catastrophic injury rates for sports, painting a picture of "worst case" injuries.
What Chaney has discovered in his electronic survey for 2011 is 220 cases of football catastrophic injuries, 194 survivor cases and 26 deaths. For comparison in 2009 and 2010 the NCCSIR reported 44 and 24 survivor cases, where Chaney found 165 survivor cases for those two years.
Chaney does not hold his information as medical record, rather an electronic search that fit the guidelines of catastrophic injury surveillance. Here is an excerpt from his post (for an annotated case by case and the full article click HERE);
Last fall in Oklahoma, athletic trainer Dan Dodson saw the horrific side of tackle football become manifest.
Grave injury struck down three teen players under Dodson's watch, leaving one dead, from one team.
In a span of barely three weeks, Edmond North High School became site of perhaps the worst cluster of acute casualties in known history of American football. Continue reading →
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Injury Statistics
January 5, 2012 January 5, 2012 Dustin FinkLeave a comment
Statistics are seemingly becoming a major part of all of our lives; from your favorite baseball players batting average, to the graduation rate of the school system, to your fantasy football team, to the injury rate of particular activities. Being an athletic trainer the later is important, not only does it paint a picture of "expected" injuries we should be on top of, it also provides information for us to use in terms of making solid decisions about return to sport.
If a player sustains an injury that occurs a high percentage of the time in the sport, then when returning there are different things we can do, in terms of preventative measures, to possibly avoid a re-injury. Along with that, if a player sustains a "freak injury" and obtains complete recovery statistics can tell us if playing again is a good idea at all.
This is why it is important to have all the available information be correct and up to date; more and more decisions not only from athletic trainers but parents about playing are made from such injury statistics. One of the "gold standards" of injury surveillance for athletic training is Continue reading →
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Chaney Tracks Catastrophic Injuries
December 22, 2011 December 21, 2011 Dustin Fink1 Comment
If you have read the blog much you will find a fair amount of information and commentary from Matt Chaney regarding his position on head/brain injury. One thing that Matt does well, from his journalistic background, is document the many cases of catastrophic injury related to football in America.
Chaney is not the only one who does this, he just appears to be more transparent about it than the national foundation for such tracking, the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research (NCCSI). In his most recent post on his blog, Chaney gives us the list he has compiled for 2011, both by the NCCSI criteria and his extended criteria (which deserves credit).
The rate of catastrophic injuries in American football could be a record in 2011, with more than 70 survivor cases of conditions such as brain hemorrhage and spinal fracture, according to an intensive electronic survey by this reporter.
See the complete annotated list of cases below, with juveniles comprising the large majority of victims.
The findings belie talk of "culture change" by football officials, their popular claim of "safer" football in America, and raise question whether catastrophic injuries of the inherently brutal sport are significantly under-reported in record-keeping of the present and past.
Last year the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research (NCCSI) logged only 24 survivor cases—barely half the 2010 cases still available online, including players with brain bleeds and spinal paralysis missed in the report.
Now stronger accounting is assured for 2011, standing on results of my daily searching of Google banks that's garnered a solid 70 survivor cases for verification as catastrophic football injuries, defined by the NCCSI as affecting the brain, skull, spinal cord and/or vertebral column.
My cases include the following: Continue reading →
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Catastrophic Football: Matt Chaney
October 16, 2011 October 16, 2011 Dustin Fink1 Comment
In the news just this weekend was the terrible news from Upstate New York, as Ridge Barden of Phoenix High School died due to head trauma suffered in a game on Friday. This type of news rarely escapes the "lights" of the media, in fact Sports Illustrated picked up on this case recently.
However what about these names;
Brennan Barber, 17
Tucker Montgomery, 17
Logan Weber, 21
Dominic Morris, 21
Robby Mounce, 17
Zeth Shouse, 17
Adrian Padilla, 17
Adam Ingle, 17
Bobby Clark, 17
Shelton Dvorak, 17
Dillon Lackhan, teenager
5 year-old from Hawaii
Unnamed teen from California
Connor Laudenslager, teenager
Dylan Mercadante, 16
Neiron Ball, 19
Alan Mohika, 17
Matt Ringer, 15
Jadon Adams, 16
Lamont Baldwin, 17
Those are kids that have Continue reading →
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Subdermal implant could boost islet cell therapy for diabetics
The prototype NICHE implant, with a US quarter for scale – a mesh top on its inner reservoir allows blood vessels to grow into it
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While islet cell transplants allow some diabetics to forgo daily insulin injections, those people have to take immunosuppressive drugs in order to keep the cells from being rejected. A new implant, however, could administer the drugs for them – in much smaller quantities than is currently required.
In Type 1 diabetes, the islet cells produced by the pancreas are destroyed by an autoimmune reaction. They therefore aren't able to produce blood-sugar-regulating insulin, as they normally would. As a result, patients typically have to give themselves daily insulin injections. Not only is this task painful, but it can also often be difficult to work into one's busy routine every single day.
One alternative involves harvesting islet cells from a deceased donor and transplanting them into the patient's liver. For several years, those cells proceed to produce insulin, eliminating the need for daily injections.
Unfortunately, though, in order to keep the body's immune system from identifying the introduced islet cells as foreign bodies that must be neutralized, the patient has to take immunosuppressive drugs on an ongoing basis. Because these drugs are taken orally, and are thus distributed throughout the body, relatively large doses are required – and the larger the dosage, the more severe the unwanted side effects, such as a compromised overall immune system.
It was with these problems in mind that scientists at Houston Methodist Hospital created an experimental implant known as the NICHE (Neovascularized Implantable Cell Homing and Encapsulation).
Similar in size to a US quarter-dollar coin, the flat polyamide-bodied device is designed to be implanted under the skin. It contains two reservoirs – a rectangular inner one for islet cells, and a U-shaped outer one which is filled with immunosuppressive drugs.
Approximately four weeks after the NICHE has been implanted, and oxygen-providing blood vessels have grown into its inside reservoir, that reservoir gets filled with islet cells. This is done by poking a hypodermic needle through the patient's skin and through a self-sealing silicone plug at the end of the reservoir (the same process is used to refill the implant with cells and drugs, as needed).
Within the implant, the cells proceed to produce insulin, which enters the bloodstream through the blood vessels that have grown into the reservoir. The drugs, meanwhile, gradually pass through a porous membrane between the two reservoirs, preventing an immune reaction from taking place. Because those drugs are already present right where they're needed, only a small amount of them is required.
In tests performed on diabetic rats, the NICHE reportedly restored normal blood glucose levels and eliminated Type 1 diabetes symptoms for over 150 days, without producing any severe side effects. The device was refilled once every 28 days, although the scientists are now working on a version that could go for up to six months between refills when used in humans. It's even possible that changes in drug formulations could extend those intervals to just once a year.
"A key result of our research is that local immunosuppression for cell transplantation is effective," said the lead scientist, Prof. Alessandro Grattoni. "This device could change the paradigm of how patients are managed and can have massive impact on treatment efficacy and improvement of patients' quality of life."
The research is described in a paper that was recently published in the journal Nature Communications.
Source: Houston Methodist
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Karmudjun December 30, 2022 10:11 AM
Thanks for a great write up Ben! This kind of research provides the incremental baby steps to solving some of our toughest medical issues. If we were able to manage an "End run around" the immune system by recognizing the antibodies that attack the islet cells, determine a means of removing the antibody producing memory cells and end the destruction, we could likely program stem cells to produce genetically perfect islet cells in the first place. But the technology and research are nowhere near that stage, so we have to develop the the most 'exquisite' therapies possible. This one is pretty darn exquisite!


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All-Sports Museum to host gallery talk with Tanisha Wright on Aug. 24
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Lady Lion basketball great and 12-year WNBA veteran Tanisha Wright will give a gallery talk at noon on Thursday, Aug. 24, in the Penn State All-Sports Museum's basketball gallery. Wright's presentation is part of the museum's Ellen Perry Speaker Series.
Wright was a four-year starter at Penn State from 2001-02 to 2004-05 who finished her eligibility as one of the most successful Lady Lions of all time. She won two Big Ten titles, reached three NCAA Sweet Sixteens, and one Elite Eight during her career. The 5-11 guard was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year an unprecedented three times while also picking up first-team All-Conference honors her junior and senior years. Wright also excelled in the classroom, earning a degree in elementary education, and was named to the Academic All-Big Ten team her junior and senior years.
Following her Penn State career, Wright was selected by the Seattle Storm with the 12th pick of the 2005 WNBA draft. Wright played for the Storm for 10 seasons, winning the WNBA championship in 2010, before signing with the New York Liberty in 2015.
During her talk, Wright will share what brought her to Penn State, her experiences as a Lady Lion, and her WNBA journey after leaving Happy Valley.
Gallery talks are held in the Penn State All-Sports Museum, located on the southwest corner of Beaver Stadium opposite the Bryce Jordan Center. A long canopy leading from Curtin Road marks the museum entrance. There is a small kiosk lot across the street from the museum for visitor parking, as well as in Lot 44 for those with an appropriate pass. All gallery talks are livestreamed on the museum's Facebook page for those unable to attend. This event is free and open to the public.
The Penn State All-Sports Museum will host monthly gallery talks with a wide variety of coaches, alumni and scholars throughout 2017. The gallery talks are casual, and no registration is required. Below is a list of upcoming gallery talks. Dates are subject to change.
Tuesday, Sept. 12 — Coach Mary Kennedy Zierke; golf gallery
Friday, Oct. 20 — Ken Hickman; Field to Front: Nittany Lions at War exhibit
Tanisha Wright starred for the Lady Lions from 2001 to 2005 before embarking on a 12-year professional career in the WNBA.
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Although football had been played in the village from the turn of the century, North Ferriby United were not formally formed until 1934. They first took part in the local East Riding Church League and in 1938 won the Division One title.
After the Second World War the club were admitted to the East Riding Amateur League. The immediate post-war years proved to be very successful with the highlight being an appearance in the final qualifying round of the F.A. Amateur Cup during the 1949/50 campaign.
In 1969 North Ferriby joined Division Two of the Yorkshire League and the following season they captured the championship and also lifted the East Riding Senior Cup. 1975 saw them win the Yorkshire League Cup defeating Lincoln United 2-0 and twelve months later they finished runners up to Emley in Division One. The 1970s were a positive period for the club and saw them win the East Riding Senior Cup three times.
The 1980/81 season was indeed a momentous one. They reached the lofty heights of the F.A. Cup Third Qualifying Round, losing away to Boston United.
In 1982 they joined the newly formed Northern Counties East League, finishing runners-up in Division One North. Promotion to the Premier Division was offered but had to be declined because the ground facilities were not up to the required standard.
The 1985/86 season saw the villagers take the Division One title and this time they were promoted. They also reached the Fourth Round Proper of the F.A. Vase and the following year went out in the Fifth Round to Farsley Celtic by 2-1.
Three seasons later national recognition came to Ferriby when they advanced to the semi-final of the F.A. Vase, losing to Tamworth after just shading the first leg at Tamworth 2-1. In 1991 United won the inaugural President's Cup, defeating the F.A. Vase winners Guiseley 8-5 on aggregate. They also lifted the East Riding Senior Cup for the first time in twelve years and in the League Cup Final they lost 1-0 to Guiseley.
1996/97 saw the villagers achieve the ambition of every English Club with an appearance at Wembley Stadium. A 3-1 aggregate victory over Guisborough Town in the semi-final saw them through to the F.A. Carlsberg Vase Final on Saturday 19th May 1997. A 3-0 defeat by Whitby Town only partially marred their great day and their name is now proudly entered in the record books.
The next two seasons saw Ferriby only a whisker away from promotion to the Unibond League, but in the 1999/2000 millennium season they won the Northern Counties East League Championship and achieved their long term goal of promotion.
The first season in the Unibond League was a satisfactory start at that level with a respectable 13th place finish. Season 2001/02 saw the club's progression continue with an 11th place finish. The campaign finished on another high as the club retained the East Riding Senior Cup for a sixth year in succession, thus equalling the all-time record held by Hull City in a period which straddled the Second World War.
Season 2003/04 wasn't a kind one with the side finishing in 17th place and ending the campaign without a trophy for the first time in nine years.
The 70th Anniversary Season 2004/05 proved to be one of the most rewarding in the club's history as the villagers clinched the Unibond League First Division Championship on the final day of the season at Mossley. The side led the division from early October and never relinquished their grip on top spot.
Season 2005/06 saw the club at the highest level in their history as they entered the Unibond Premier Division and led the table from the off until March. Despite missing out on automatic promotion, the club came close to joining Champions Blyth Spartans in the Conference North as they secured a place in the promotion play-offs thanks to a fifth place finish. They defeated third placed Frickley Athletic away from home before losing the final by the odd goal in three at Farsley Celtic after extra time.
In season 2006/07 the Club won the East Riding Senior Cup for the thirteenth time in their history, defeating Bridlington Town 1-0 in the KC Stadium.
North Ferriby successfully defended the East Riding Senior Cup in season 2007/08 with a 4-1 victory over Hall Road Rangers and again in 2008/09, overcoming Bridlington Town 3-1.
The club enjoyed a superb season in 2009/10, finishing 4th in the Unibond Premier Division, their highest ever position. Dreams of promotion to the Blue Square North were shattered however, when the villages went down 2-1 to Boston United in the play-off semi final. But silverware was forthcoming when the East Riding Senior Cup was retained following a 3-2 victory over Bridlington Town at the KC Stadium.
2010-11 saw the surprise and unexpected departure of manager Neil Allison who emigrated with his family to Australia. The Club had no hesitation in appointing his assistant John Anderson to the manager's role and he went on to lead The Villagers to a second successive play-off semi final, only to be denied 0-2 at Colwyn Bay. But Hall Road Rangers were beaten in the final of the East Riding Senior Cup as Ferriby retained the cup 3-1 in the KC Stadium.
A poor start to the 2011-12 season saw the resignation of John Anderson. The current managerial team of Billy Heath and Mark Carroll was appointed in October 2011 following the resignation of John Anderson. Heath and Carroll turned round the team's performances and the side eventually finished ninth on the Evostik Premier division. The Club won its first cup at this level, beating Rushall 4-1 in the Doodson Sport League Cup.
The 2012-13 season was the most successful in the Club's history. The side completed the League and Cup double and won the East Riding Senior Cup. Coincidentally, the side emulated the 2004-05 performance of leading the table from early October to the end of the season. The team also equalled a long-standing Premier Division record by winning 16 away games. Ferriby became only the third team to retain the League Cup and the fifth to complete the NPL Title and Cup double.
The Villagers inaugural season in Conference North was truly remarkable. Having finished runners up, missing out on promotion on the last day, they also enjoyed excellent runs in the FA Cup and FA Trophy before ultimately signing off with another Senior Cup victory.
The 2014-15 season will go down as probably the most momentous in the Club's history. The team reached the FA Cup Fourth Round Qualifying but this run was eclipsed by winning the FA Trophy at Wembley. The Villagers staged a remarkable comeback from two goals down against Conference National side Wrexham to take the game to extra-time. Ferriby took the lead before Wrexham scored a late equaliser to take the game to penalties. Goalkeeper Adam Nicklin saved three of Wrexham's six penalties as The Villagers triumphed 5-4.
The side finished mid-table in the Vanarama Conference North, largely due to too many drawn games and fixture congestion towards the end of the season.


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Eliot Peper, Novelist
Cory Doctorow on dystopia as a state of mind
It feels like we're barreling into dystopia. We elect demagogues who seek to destroy the very institutions they nominally lead. We acquiesce to mass surveillance. We dismiss corruption as "the way things work." We condemn our grandchildren to suffer accelerating climate change because we can't get our own act together. We rationalize economic inequality as meritocratic and inevitable. We grow jaded to yet another shooting, yet another act of police brutality, yet another humanitarian crisis. We search desperately for meaning in a world that feels bereft of it. Sometimes, we just want to drop everything and walk away…
Cory Doctorow believes we're missing the point. Doctorow is a prolific science fiction author, activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and co-editor of Boing Boing. One of his previous novels, Little Brother, is a personal favorite of Edward Snowden. Doctorow contributes to the Guardian, Wired, Locus, and Slate, and is a Research Affiliate at the MIT Media Lab. Few living humans can match the extreme density of ideas that he navigates with apparent ease.
Doctorow's novel, Walkaway, takes place in a future ravaged by corporate greed, broken systems, and the effects of global warming. Eccentric billionaires cheat each other and everyone else, only to revel in post hoc self justification. Young dropouts struggle to get by on the fringes of society. Scientists work to dramatically extend lifespan for the ultra wealthy, even as hackers begin to upload human minds. Social unrest and brutal authoritarian crackdowns syncopate like a depressing political rhythm section.
All in all, it feels somewhat familiar.
Walkaway is so densely packed with weird and provocative concepts that it's hard to keep track of them all. But perhaps the most illuminating is that dystopia is not a place, but a state of mind. When the next earthquake hits and the power goes out, do we reach for the shotgun and start looting? Or do we light a candle, dig the cookies out of the cupboard, and share them with the neighbor's children? The beautiful thing about Doctorow's novel is that so many characters demonstrate difficult but profound compassion in the worst of circumstances.
Reading Walkaway reminded me of my oma. Against her protestant family's wishes, she married my Jewish opa in late 1930's Holland. When World War II started, Opa built a coffin-sized cabinet above the wardrobe. Their neighbor, a wallpaper man, helped disguise it to look like a part of the apartment's structure. During raids, Opa would hide in the cabinet, holding his breath, as Nazis searched the building. Meanwhile, Oma, protected by her protestant credentials, joined the Dutch Resistance and smuggled people, food, and information even as she raised three children during wartime. In the midst of the Holocaust, she risked everything to help strangers in need.
After the Allies' bloody victory, Opa was one of the only survivors of his entire extended family and later hand-carved the lenses used to photograph the dark side of the moon. Oma was a awarded a medal by the Dutch Queen and later by the State of Israel. They rarely talked about their experiences, but their fierce, pragmatic kindness kindled hope in a dark world. Dystopia is assuming the worst of strangers. The best way to fight a culture of fear is with a thousand small acts of generosity.
We can walk away, and many do. Sometimes it all feels like too much. But the most interesting aspect of Walkaway is how the protagonists step up and face hard, ugly problems with clear eyes and open hearts. There's a lesson in there for all of us.
In the following conversation, we discuss humanity's most pernicious assumptions, how we need to update our world views and institutions to accommodate technological change, and the biggest questions we will face in the coming decades.
Walkaway is full of both visceral physicality and hotly-debated philosophy. What are the core philosophical questions that will shape the next few decades?
People throw around the terms "positive feedback loop" and "negative feedback loop" so much that they've lost their original sense from engineering. In engineering, "negative feedback" is the damping system: well-designed negative feedback engages whenever a process threatens to run away into some chaotic/catastrophic realm (the term "negative" gives it an unfortunate connotation). "Negative feedback" is the idea that lets us harness our ingenuity without being consumed by it. It's how we can spin up a turbine without having it spin free of its moorings and kill everyone in the room!
In theory, markets have lots of damping mechanisms—loan defaults provide negative feedback to reckless lenders, falling profits provide negative feedback to managers with bad ideas—but accumulated wealth allows for an awful lot of overrides to these mechanisms. CEOs can cook their books to keep shareholders happy, too-big-to-fail financiers can lobby governments for bailouts, expensive climate denial can muddy the waters about the true costs of carbon-intensive industry.
It's hard to distinguish between "healthy" growth—growth we can control—and cancerous, out-of-control growth whose true costs are shuffled around and disguised.
Much of the green left has decided that the answer to this is "de-growth"—reducing the world's population so that we can be less technologically intensive and, perhaps, more tractable.
But the "promethean left" says that growth is the only way out. There's no graceful way to reduce the world's population to 3 billion (or whatever) and the alternative is to use technologically intensive methods to feed and shelter us all without the brutal, deadly and chaotic consequences of a system that has many accelerators but no brakes.
How is technology changing our relationship with our own bodies?
For people who find satisfying and validating lives online—people who find their best subculture, or are able to overcome some cognitive, physical, or temperamental limitation through online discourse—there's an amazingly seductive idea that we are just meatsuits that serve as support systems for the "real" us, the part that lives between our ears.
At the same time, networked technology gives us the power to work and live in highly idiosyncratic ways, from customized UIs to customized views of the daily news to customized physical objects that also have the smarts to customize their action from moment to moment based on our sentiments.
This lets us get a lot more mileage out of our bodies! We can timeshift our conversations with potential collaborators, rather than forcing everyone to converge on common waking hours; our clothes and tools can be fashioned to suit the oddities of our anatomy and mentality, turning once-problematic quirks into potential superpowers.
Then there's the metaphorical colonization of our conception of ourselves; as previous eras have conceptualized their physical beings as analogous to agriculture, or clockwork, or engines, we are today tempted by metaphors of software and hardware.
As the saying goes, "all models are wrong but some models are useful." There are ways in which our minds and bodies are analogous to computers, but many ways in which they are not. Ironically, the fact that computer metaphors sometimes pay dividends in the form of better physical and psychological outcomes encourages us to trust them beyond the point of usefulness, to think of "consciousness" as something "uploadable" and so on.
Your characters wrestle with how their personal beliefs and worldviews aggregate into systems with unintended (often nasty) consequences. What popular assumptions do we hold dear today that are inaccurate and/or self-defeating?
The big one is the belief that, when the chips are down, strangers are barbaric and selfish and untrustworthy. This view is profoundly innumerate: it starts from the proposition that while you, your family, and the people you know are generally kind, honorable, and generous, you are in a tiny minority—and that somehow this tiny minority managed to all find each other, out of a planet of billions of cruel, vicious, and bad people.
It's far likelier that the people you know are representative of the world: generally good, sometimes careless or selfish, and, on the whole, wanting to make things better for everyone.
How is technological abundance already undermining historical institutions and empowering new ones? What does it mean to be a walkaway today?
The copyright wars of the past 20 years are a good example of the ways in which abundance disorders our minds. We created copyrights and other limited monopolies to "promote the useful arts" (as the U.S. Constitution has it), but these were relentlessly converted from a utilitarian policy—we create exclusive rights to the extent that this produces more creative works—to a moral right to own "your" creations (a work of mental gymnastics that requires that you relegate all the stuff you pilfered to make your work as being in a separate category of creativity that doesn't give rise to these moral rights, while elevating your own creation to a more important status that does attract them).
Today, there are modes of production and reproduction that militate for a much more limited—and in many cases nonexistent—set of exclusive rights, both as a matter of economic growth, as well as creative freedom and human rights (universal access to all human knowledge is nothing to sneeze at!).
But at national and intergovernmental bodies, we are incapable of considering that this might be the case. Instead, we're strengthening" "intellectual property rights"—allowing GM to claim that the copyright in a car-engine's software gives the automaker the power to decide who can fix that engine.
There are a lot of people carving out weird, walkaway-ish existences in our world—itinerant hackers and roving activists and makers of all description. I see a lot of this in the so-called millennial circles, thanks to the lack of other options—communal living, couch-surfing, gigging, and taking the streets in the name of Occupy and Black Lives Matter.
What did your creative process look like for Walkaway? How has your work for the Electronic Frontier Foundation informed your fiction, and vice versa?
My creative process for all my books is pretty much the same. I set a word target and write that many words, every day, even on days when I feel like the words suck. I finish mid-sentence every day so I have an easily extended rough edge for the next day.
I trawl the web all the time for blog posts for Boing Boing, and writing them up for public consumption helps me think them through and sets up my subconscious to look for unobvious and interesting connections between seemingly disparate phenomena that I can bring out in fiction.
Working for EFF keeps me very engaged in the fundamental justice of a networked world, and exposes me to a constant stream of people working on cool and important things, a front-row seat for the weirdest, most important, often least-sexy, and thus most obscure fights in our modern age.
In addition to myriad new technologies, Walkaway imagines new political realities. What political science fiction books have changed the way you think about society?
I was profoundly moved by Kim Stanley Robinson's utopian novel Pacific Edge, which imagines a heavily industrialized, high-tech society where selfishness is a vice that can't be openly practiced. It's odd how rare that is.
Bruce Sterling's novel Distraction introduced a networked politics grounded in making and smart-matter and loose, networked affinity groups long before these were obvious things in our world. It's decades old, and still futuristic.
Not content with resignation, Walkaway's protagonists put everything on the line against unassailable odds again and again and again without surrendering their ideals. When you face ugly truths or impending dystopia in the real world, how do you fight on? In your darkest moments, from what reservoirs do you draw strength?
To be honest, I often despair. But experience has taught me that the landscape shifts, and that seemingly hopeless situations acquire new avenues and paths of action, given time and perturbation. So when I feel like giving up, I go through the motions, power through, and fake it until things start to look up.
It's pretty much the same as my approach to so-called "writer's block," which, for me, manifests as the sense that the words I'm writing are terrible. I know from hard-worn experience that I'm capable of writing unworthy words—but I also know that there is no correlation between the way I feel about the words I'm typing and how I'll view them given the time and distance to look on them dispassionately.
So my cure for "writer's block" is to remind myself, intellectually, that my emotional certainty that I'm writing shitty words is an illusion, and I just need to keep putting down sentences until the feeling passes.
Pick up your copy of Walkaway.
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Eliot Peper is the author of Bandwidth, Borderless, Breach, Cumulus, True Blue, Neon Fever Dream, and the Uncommon Series. He's helped build technology businesses, survived dengue fever, translated Virgil's Aeneid from the original Latin, worked as an entrepreneur-in-residence at a venture capital firm, and explored the ancient Himalayan kingdom of Mustang. His books have been praised by the New York Times Book Review, the Verge, Popular Science, Businessweek, TechCrunch, io9, and Ars Technica, and he has been a speaker at places like Google, SXSW, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Comic Con, and Future in Review.
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FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :payment, :class => Spree::Payment do
    amount 45.75
    payment_method { FactoryGirl.create(:bogus_payment_method) }
    source { FactoryGirl.build(:creditcard) }
    order { FactoryGirl.create(:order) }
    state 'pending'
    response_code '12345'

    # limit the payment amount to order's remaining balance, to avoid over-pay exceptions
    after_create do |pmt|
        #pmt.update_attribute(:amount, [pmt.amount, pmt.order.outstanding_balance].min)
    end
  end

  # factory :creditcard_txn do
  #   payment
  #   amount 45.75
  #   response_code 12345
  #   txn_type CreditcardTxn::TxnType::AUTHORIZE
  #
  #   # match the payment amount to the payment's value
  #   after_create do |txn|
  #     # txn.update_attribute(:amount, [txn.amount, txn.payment.payment].min)
  #     txn.update_attribute(:amount, txn.payment.amount)
  #   end
  # end
end


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Realme 10 Pro Plus and Realme 10 Pro launched in India, price starts at Rs 18,999
Posted on Thursday, December 8, 2022 11:36 am December 8, 2022 18 views
Realme has finally unveiled the Realme 10 series in India. The series include the Realme 10 Pro and the Realme 10 Pro Plus. The new series comes with a lot of firsts including curved display, 108-megapixel camera sensors. The Realme 10 Pro Plus is the first ever device in the mid-range segment to feature a curved display with the thinnest bottom bezels. The Realme 10 Pro, on the other hand, features a flat-edge design.
Talking about the new Realme series, Madhav Sheth, the company head said, "with the realme 10 Pro series 5G, our aim is to bring more market-defining features to the Number series and bring to it a certain level of premiumness in features for users. Both these smartphones are equipped with flagship-level displays, and powerful 5G processors, reiterating our commitment to democratizing 5G in India. We have successfully reached 50 million number series users globally out of which 30 million users are from India and undoubtedly our users will find realme 10 Pro series 5G to be a fantastic one as well. "
Realme 10 Pro Plus. Realme 10 Pro: Price and availability
The Realme 10 Pro Plus has been launched in two different variants, including the 6GB and the 8GB variants. The 6GB+128GB variant is priced at Rs 24,999. However, with bank offers, the device can be purchased for Rs 23,999. The Realme 10 Pro Plus 8GB+128GB variant can be purchased at Rs 25,999. The smartphone is available in three colour options, including Hyperspace Gold, Dark Matter and Nebula Blue.
The Realme 10 Pro, on the other hand, also comes in two variants, including the 6GB+128 and the 8GB+128GB. The former has been launched at Rs 18,999 but the device can be bought at Rs 17,999 with bank offers. The 8GB variant is priced at Rs 19,999. The smartphone is available in Hyperspace Gold, Dark Matter and Nebula Blue colour options. The Realme 10 Pro Plus will go on its first sale on December 14, whereas the Realme 10 Pro will be available starting December 16 on Flipkart.
Realme 10 Pro Plus. Realme 10 Pro: Specifications
The Realme 10 Pro Plus features a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with Full HD+ resolution. The USP of the device is its curved display, which is the first to grace the Realme series, primarily in the mid-range segment. The display also supports a 120Hz refresh rate, and a 360 Hz touch sampling rate.
The Realme 10 Pro Plus is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1080 SoC coupled with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The smartphone features a quad-camera system that includes a 108-megapixel primary camera, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera, and a 2-megapixel macro shooter. The phone also comes with a 16-megapixel front camera for selfies. Other key features include Realme UI 4 based on Android 13, 33W fast charging, 5G, and a 5000mAh battery with 67W fast charging.
The Realme 10 Pro also comes with a 6.7-inch LCD display with Full-HD resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate.The Realme Pro is powered by a Snapdragon 695 chipset paired with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The smartphone features a quad-camera setup at the back which includes a 108-megapixel primary camera and a mere 2-megapixel depth sensor. There is also a single 16-megapixel camera on the front for selfies. Other key features include Realme UI 4 based on Android 13, 33W fast charging, 5G, and 5000mAh battery with 33W fast charging. The Realme 10 Pro does not have a microSD card slot.
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T. Haliburton 23.5 0.73 32 12 1 6 1 2 3 1 4/12 1/5 3/3
B. Hield 16.5 0.69 24 12 3 1 0 1 0 0 4/10 4/7 0/0
A. Nembhard 11 0.48 23 5 5 2 0 1 3 2 2/4 1/2 0/0
A. Nesmith 15 0.65 23 10 5 2 0 0 1 1 5/12 0/4 0/0
M. Turner 24.5 0.94 26 14 8 0 2 1 1 2 5/8 2/5 2/4
C. Duarte 8.5 0.39 22 4 2 3 0 1 2 1 2/9 0/4 0/0
B. Mathurin 17.5 0.76 23 15 1 2 0 1 1 3 4/11 1/5 6/6
T. McConnell 18.5 1.23 15 2 4 6 0 1 1 1 1/1 0/0 0/1
J. Smith -1.5 -0.21 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0/3 0/1 0/0
O. Brissett 5 0.38 13 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 1/4 0/2 0/2
I. Jackson 10 0.67 15 7 1 1 1 0 1 2 2/2 0/0 3/4
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J. Johnson 3 0.43 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1/3 0/0 0/0
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J. Alvarado 17.5 0.58 30 8 4 3 0 3 3 1 3/11 1/8 1/2
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N. Marshall 32 1.07 30 22 6 4 1 0 2 4 8/14 4/9 2/2
C. McCollum 31 1.03 30 19 7 6 0 2 5 1 5/14 3/7 6/7
J. Valanciunas 41 1.41 29 20 12 5 1 1 3 3 10/18 0/3 0/0
D. Graham 20 1.00 20 11 3 4 0 0 0 0 3/8 3/7 2/2
L. Nance Jr. 14.5 0.76 19 4 4 2 0 1 0 1 2/4 0/0 0/0
G. Temple 7 0.37 19 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 0/2 0/2 0/0
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K. Lewis Jr. 10.5 0.62 17 7 1 1 0 1 0 3 3/7 1/2 0/0
Indiana Pacers on Bennedict Mathurin
Bennedict Mathurin passed Reggie Miller for the most points off the bench by a Pacers rookie with 816 points this season.🔥 t.co
NBA on Myles Turner
🏀 FINAL SCORE THREAD 🏀 Giannis recorded a strong double-double as the @Bucks won in Indiana. Myles Turner: 24 PTS, 5 REB, 4 BLK Benn Mathurin: 21 PTS, 8 REB For more, download the NBA app: 📲 t.co t.co
Indiana Pacers on Myles Turner
Strong performance from Myles Turner.💪 24 PTS 5 REB 4 BLK t.co
(((Eric Koreen))) on Jonas Valanciunas
Fred VanVleet has passed Jonas Valanciunas for eighth on the all-time Raptors scoring list.
Doug Smith: Raptors on Jonas Valanciunas
Hard working Raptors PR crunching the numbers with this: MILESTONE | With nine points tonight, Fred VanVleet (5,527) has passed Jonas Valanciunas (5,524) for eighth on the Raptors all-time points list.
NBC Sports EDGE Basketball on T.J. McConnell
SB Nation NBA 🏀 on Zion Williamson
Zion Williamson deserving of 2023 All-Star starter selection t.co
NBC Sports EDGE Basketball on Chris Duarte
Chris Duarte stays productive in starting lineup t.co
Indiana Pacers on Buddy Hield
Buddy Hield continues to get buckets.🏀 22 PTS 5 3PM 5 REB 3 STL t.co
Indiana Pacers on T.J. McConnell
Indiana Pacers on Chris Duarte
Chris Duarte with the razzle-dazzle.😳 he tosses it off the backboard to himself for the layup. t.co
NBA on Chris Duarte
Chris Duarte just passed it to himself off the backboard. Pacers trail by 7 late in Q4. 📲 t.co t.co
Buddy Buckets for three.🪣 Buddy Hield forces the turnover and knocks down the trey. t.co
Indiana Pacers on Andrew Nembhard
Andrew Nembhard lobs it up for the Myles Turner oop.🤯 t.co


A long-time local favorite among Woodbridge, VA restaurants, Tim's Rivershore Restaurant & Crabhouse is famous for its home-cooked seafood, a very unique atmosphere and the most scenic dining experience you will find in Northern Virginia.
Best seafood restaurant we have found in a very long time. Food was excellent, atmosphere was excellent and wait staff was excellent. Prices were very good. Great location right on the Potomac river. Highly recommend.
Looks like another great day on the river at Tim's!!
Another great day down on the riva!